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classified (root: classify)
CIDE DICTIONARY
classified, adj.
- arranged into classes or categories; as,
unclassified . [WordNet 1.5] - assigned to a class of documents withheld from general circulation; -- of information or documents. Opposite of
unclassified ."[Narrower terms:eyes-only ;confidential ;restricted ;secret ;sensitive ;top-secret ]" [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
classified, adj.
1 arranged in classes or categories.
2 (of information etc.) designated as officially secret.
3 Brit. (of a road) assigned to a category according to its importance.
4 Brit. (of newspaper advertisements) arranged in columns according to various categories.
1 arranged in classes or categories.
2 (of information etc.) designated as officially secret.
3 Brit. (of a road) assigned to a category according to its importance.
4 Brit. (of newspaper advertisements) arranged in columns according to various categories.
THESAURUS
classified
aligned, arcane, arranged, arrayed, assorted, cabalistic, cataloged, categorized, censored, close, closed, composed, concealed, constituted, cryptic, dark, disposed, enigmatic, esoteric, filed, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, hermetic, hidden, hierarchic, hush-hush, indexed, latent, marshaled, methodized, mysterious, normalized, occult, on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed, placed, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated, restricted, routinized, secret, smothered, sorted, standardized, stifled, stratified, suppressed, synchronized, systematized, tabular, top secret, ulterior, unbreatheable, under security, under wraps, undisclosable, undisclosed, undivulgable, undivulged, unrevealable, unrevealed, unspoken, untellable, untold, unutterable, unuttered, unwhisperableFor further exploring for "classified" in Webster Dictionary Online